Plex has today announced that it will offer owners of nVidia's Android-powered Shield box a new way to stream media around their home. The media remote and extra controllers - one is included - also add to the total cost. Shield starts at $179.99 and goes up to $299 if you want 500GB of storage. It does however give you free access to apps on any platform, along with photo uploads and the option to sync media into the cloud. Plex Pass is a bit expensive too, with lifetime costing $149.88, yearly is $39.99 and monthly is $4.99. For example, the ability to sync video to your phone or tablet requires this. Some features may need you to subscribe to the Plex Pass. The Plex app will be free on Shield - it would usually cost $5 on Android TV. Now it feels like it's becoming a whole new device that can turn your NAS or, simply, a portable hard drive into a whole media library which you can share around your house. Shield has always been a pretty low-cost way of streaming media as well as playing games on your TV that either come from nVidia's cloud gaming service, or stream from your GeForce-enabled PC.
From its end nVidia is also supporting HDR on Netflix and will also be adding YouTube 4K60 playback too - as part of the same update which will bring this Plex support. For those who love films there's more good news because Plex supports 4K video already, and is bringing HDR along too.
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